CONAVI
Director
Intimidates
Employees
to
Cover
Up
Corruption
El
Chamuko,
the
infernal
who
runs
the
blog
"El
Infierno
en
Costa
Rica"
(Hell
in
Costa
Rica)
tells
the
story
how
the
director
of
the
Consejo
Nacional
de
Vialidad
(CONAVI),
José
Luis
Salas
Quesada,
circulated
a
memo
dated
June
5,
"a
reminder
on
the
duty
of
confidentiality
of
officials".
The
memo
intimidates
employees
to
keep
quiet
on
the
"chorizos"
(graft)
that
have
been
committed
at
the
state
agency,
reminding
staff
to
maintain
confidentiality,
failing
which
is a
"falta
grave'
(grave
offence)
and
subject
to
sanctions
that
could
lead
to
dismissal.
The
memo
comes
at a
time
when
the
CONVI
is
being
seriously
questioned
on
the
management
of
funds
with
respect
to
the
construction
of
La
Trocha,
the
border
trail
road.
The
directive
seeks
to
silence
employees
witness
to
acts
of
corruption.
El
Chumako
and
the
rest
of
us
ask,
if
the
director
has
nothing
to
fear,
why
issue
such
a
memo?
El
Chumako
goes
on
to
comment
that
(CONAVI)
management
should
be
like
a
glass
box
where
anyone
can
see
through
it
and
if
that
principle
is
jeopardized,
we
can
only
conclude
a
cover
up.
The
blogger
offers
any
and
all
CONAVI
employees
to
raise
their
voice,
come
forward
with
their
stories
and
complaints,
all
under
the
guarantee
of
toal
anomity,
so
that
they
are
not
persecuted
by
their
superiors.
"The
only
way
to
stop
the
corruption
is
making
it
public,
not
hiding
behind
'confidentialities',
write
El
Chamuko.
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